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ICCR Programming officer K.K Chug was transferred from Delhi to Thiruvanthapuram for misspelling Priyanka Vadra’s name on an invitation card. He was a little confused whether he should write Vadra or Vadhera , and for this mistake he was given marching orders to pack his bags for Thiruvanthapuram. Anyone who can memorise the spelling of Thiruvanthapuram cannot forget the spellings of any other word in a hurry. ICCR bosses must have thought that to teach Chug a lesson,what better place than Thiruvanthapuram to brush up his spellings. Soon teachers will be heard threatening in schools, "Children learn your spellings quickly, or you will be transferred to Thiruvanthapuram." Priyanka, however has requested the ICCR Director-General that if Chug’s transfer has indeed taken place just for misspelling, he should not be further harassed. She must have realised that her mother also might misspell a VIP’s name if asked to write in Hindi. My friend, Nagpal who
cannot remember names addresses everyone as, "Sharmaji?" I
asked him why he insisted on calling everyone Sharma. He replied,
"Instead of burdening myself with the different names I call
everyone Sharma. At least 20 percent of the people who really turn out
to be Sharma are happy that I remember their name!" |
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a television skit, an interviewer asked the candidate his name.
"P.K Verma", he replied. The interviewer tried to clarify
again, "If you are Verma after drinking (pee ke), then what’s
your name before drinking (bin peeye)?" Making fun of names can be
good fun material for television skits but mispronouncing or misspelling
someone’s name in real life can create serious trouble.